Oslo - Lillehammer - Geiranger - Briksdal Glacier - Bergen - Sognefjord
7 days/ 6 nights
 Day 1 - OSLO
• Meet at airport and coach transfer to Oslo
• Afternoon tour in Oslo stopping at the Viking Ship Museum and the Vigeland Sculpture Park
• Enjoy the view from Holmenkollen and see the ski arena and famous ski jump
• Overnight in Oslo
Day 2 - OSLO-GOL/VINSTRA
• Breakfast at hotel
• Coach departure for Hamar and Lillehammer, stopping to see Lake Mjosa in Hamar, the Maihaugen Outdoor Museum and Sandvikske Samlinger in Lillehammer
• Enjoy sights from the 1994 Winter Olympics
• Lunch en route, with the rest of the day to spend enjoying the Gudbrandsdalen (valley)
• Overnight in Gol or Vinstra
 Day 3 - GOL/VINST
• Breakfast at hotel
• Morning departure for the mountains
• Stop in Otta, the home of Kristin Lavrandsdatter - a film produced by Liv Ullman
• Stop in Dombas. With some luck, you might see the musk oxen.
• Lunch en route
• Enjoy the view of the Rauma, a famous salmon river, as you travel to Andalsnes
• Overnight in Andalsnes
Day 4 - ANDALSNES-OLDEN
• Breakfast at hotel
• Morning departure to drive up the Trollstigen road and see the spectacular Trolltindene (mountains)
• Ferry crossing from Linge to Eidsdal and continue driving to Geiranger via the Eagle Road
• Lunch en route
• Ferry from Geiranger to the lovely Geirangerfjord, passing the waterfall of the "Seven Sisters," which dives down the hillside into the Blue Fjord
• The fjord tour ends in Hellesylt, where you will continue through Stryn to Loen and Olden
• Overnight in Olden
 Day 5 - OLDEN-BERGEN
• Breakfast at hotel
• Begin the morning with a tour to the Briksdal Glacier, riding a magnificent horse and carriage to the glacier's edge. This is perhaps the most spectacular glacier in Norway.
• Lunch en route
• Tour continues to Lake Jolster and onwards to Lavik
• Ferry crossing Sognefjord to Oppedal and then to Bergen
• Overnight in Bergen
Day 6 - BERGEN-GEILO
• Breakfast at hotel
• Time for an orientation tour in Bergen before departing for Voss
• Short stop at the Dale Sweater Factory, world-famous for Norwegian-style sweaters
• Drive down the magnificent Stalheimskleivene to Gudvangen
• Lunch en route
• Cruise from Gudvangen to Flam, passing through the fascinating and narrow Naeroyfjord to Sognefjord
• From the pier in Flam, catch the "Flam Train" to Myrdal. This 50 minute train ride climbs tracks which are considered a masterpiece of engineering
• Change trains at Myrdal station to destination Geilo
• Coach will arrive with luggage this afternoon, and a transfer will meet the group at Geilo station
• Overnight in Geilo
Day 7 - GEILO-OSLO
• Breakfast at hotel
• Coach departure for Oslo, heading south through the lovely Hallingdalen, passing the villages of Al and Gol
• Lunch en route
• Arrive in Oslo in the early afternoon
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